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Mexico Of U.s. Components

Happy New Year everyone, and here's my first question this year.

This is about a T-shirt my friend boutht from Canada on ebay.
The tag says "MADE IN MEXICO OF U.S. COMPONENTS".
Does it mean that the T-shirt was made in Mexico using components from U.S.?
Do you call materials such as thread "components"?

Re: Mexico Of U.s. Components

1 Yes- they're using a shortened form to avoid repetition.
2 Components sounds strange to me for a T-shirt, but unless it is advertising a product, then the only logical conclusion is that they mean the thread. Maybe they have seen it used on other things like computers and applied it here. It doesn't sound natural to me, but T-shirts are one area where you will see the strangest English.